Le Corbusier le grand.

Title & Author:

Le Corbusier le grand.

Publication:

London ; New York : Phaidon, 2008.

Description:

2 volumes : illustrations (some color) ; 43 cm

Notes:
"This book was conceived and edited by Phaidon editors"--Half title page.
In slip case.
Includes bibliographical references ([v. 1.], page 763) and index.
[v. 1]. Introductory essay / by Jean-Louis Cohen -- Chapter introductions / by Tim Benton -- Childhood and early travels (1887-1917) -- Becoming Le Corbusier (1917-1926) -- Urban visions and purist villas (1922-1936) -- In search of the big commission (1926-1942) -- Paris, Vichy, and the war (1937-1943) -- Grand projects on a human scale (1942-1952) -- Passage to India (1950-1962) -- The sacred and the sublime (1950-1959) -- Mediterranean days (1950-1959) -- Retrospection (1954-1965) -- Notes, chronology, selected bibliography, index -- [v. 2]. Documents : English translation.
British Library not licensed to copy 0.

Summary:

The 70 page booklet accompanying Le Corbusier : Le Grand contains a French/English glossary of architectural terms and translations of the foreign language documents.
Chapter 1. Childhood and early travels (1887-1917) -- Chapter 2. Becoming Le Corbusier (1917-1926) -- Chapter 3. Urban visions and purist villas (1922-1935) -- Chapter 4. In search of the big commission (1926-1942) -- Chapter 5. Paris, Vichy and the war (1937-1943) -- Chapter 6. Grand projects on a human scale (1942-1952) -- Chapter 7. Passage to India (1950-1962) -- Chapter 8. The sacred and the sublime (1950-1959) -- Chapter 9. Mediterranean days (1950-1959) -- Chapter 10. Retrospection (1954-1965).

ISBN:

9780714846682 (set)
0714846686 (set)
9780714849263 ([v. 1])
071484926X ([v. 1])
0714849278 ([v. 2])
9780714849270 ([v. 2])

Subject:

Le Corbusier, 1887-1965.
Le Corbusier.
Le Corbusier Bildband.
Architecture France 20th century.
Architecture France Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture
Architektur
Gebouwen.
France

Form/genre:

Quotations (texts)
Correspondence.
Biographies.

Added entries:

Cohen, Jean-Louis.
Benton, Tim, 1945-
Phaidon Press.

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 259864
Call No.: NA44.L433.9 L436 2008
Copy: slipcase
Status: Available

Location: Library main m 259819
Call No.: NA44.L433.9 L436 2008
Copy: v. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library main m 259863
Call No.: NA44.L433.9 L436 2008
Copy: v. 2
Status: Available

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